Seventh Station - Jesus falls for the second time
(The anguish of imprisonment and torture)
(The anguish of imprisonment and torture)
Scripture Reading
They surrounded me … They surrounded me like bees; they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off! I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me. The Lord has punished me severely, but he did not give me over to death (Ps 118:11, 12-13, 18).
They surrounded me … They surrounded me like bees; they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off! I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me. The Lord has punished me severely, but he did not give me over to death (Ps 118:11, 12-13, 18).
Reflection
Again Jesus! Yes you fell again. It looks like these people surround you like bees. They are trying to pull you, push you, kick you, but you are not getting up. Simon is at a side not knowing what to do? What is going in your mind Jesus?
Jesus Speaks
I really experienced the torture physically and spiritually. I could bare my physical torture, but what I couldn’t bare was my spiritual torture. That is because I never sinned and never separated from my Father. I guess some of you have been stung by a spider, bee, or any other insect. How do you feel when the pain of an insect sting, increases rapidly as its poison spreads through the blood vessels, deep into the body part? We all know “The sting of death is sin”. I haven’t sin, it is only the feeling of the pain of separation of the Father, which I consider a spiritual death. It is an imprisonment to me. It burns me. I am struggling to look beyond these hours of torture because I know agony and shame is just the beginning.
I have to stand my Son. The reason is, I have to finish this purpose for You and for the World.
Personnel Reflection
Oh Jesus! Now I feel terrible. I never thought about this side of people. When scripture says “I was in prison and you visited me” I thought about physical prison. You are telling us we all are in spiritual imprisonment and we should help each other by reducing the daily poison intake through our sins. This should not stop us visiting prisons too. In every prison, inside of each person being tortured, we can see you Jesus. They are suffering, imprisoned and tortured physically as well as spiritually. If we can see this in every person, we can help them not only by loving them but letting them find you in their lives.
Grant us the Grace Jesus.
Again Jesus! Yes you fell again. It looks like these people surround you like bees. They are trying to pull you, push you, kick you, but you are not getting up. Simon is at a side not knowing what to do? What is going in your mind Jesus?
Jesus Speaks
I really experienced the torture physically and spiritually. I could bare my physical torture, but what I couldn’t bare was my spiritual torture. That is because I never sinned and never separated from my Father. I guess some of you have been stung by a spider, bee, or any other insect. How do you feel when the pain of an insect sting, increases rapidly as its poison spreads through the blood vessels, deep into the body part? We all know “The sting of death is sin”. I haven’t sin, it is only the feeling of the pain of separation of the Father, which I consider a spiritual death. It is an imprisonment to me. It burns me. I am struggling to look beyond these hours of torture because I know agony and shame is just the beginning.
I have to stand my Son. The reason is, I have to finish this purpose for You and for the World.
Personnel Reflection
Oh Jesus! Now I feel terrible. I never thought about this side of people. When scripture says “I was in prison and you visited me” I thought about physical prison. You are telling us we all are in spiritual imprisonment and we should help each other by reducing the daily poison intake through our sins. This should not stop us visiting prisons too. In every prison, inside of each person being tortured, we can see you Jesus. They are suffering, imprisoned and tortured physically as well as spiritually. If we can see this in every person, we can help them not only by loving them but letting them find you in their lives.
Grant us the Grace Jesus.